This is intriguing; since I have a IIsi... Anyone know for sure if it
can boot from ROM or not? Sounds like probably not... I might get it
out and try some random keystrokes. :)
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On Oct 27, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Jung wrote:
>
> It might be one of the other Macs of this vintage, but I remember
> reading somewhere that someone found another vintage Mac that had a
> bootable ROM disk, but was not able to find a way to activate it.
>
> -aj
>
> On 2009-10-27, at 11:19 AM, Scott Holder wrote:
>
>>
>> If it could be done, it'd likely be another key combination. "XO" was
>> the codename of the Classic and the source of the key combination.
>> Seems
>> like it'd be pretty easy to examine the ROM dumps of both and see if
>> there are recognizable bits of code for what would be needed to boot.
>> This is actually the first I've heard of any possibility with the
>> IIsi.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> Tried it with IIsi and Classic II; doesn't work-
>>>
>>>
>>>> There are rumours that the IIsi can and maybe some others, but none
>>>> have been able to figure out how to activate it. It may be there
>>>> but
>>>> now way to activate it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Which compact macs can boot from ROM besides the Mac Classic?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any other vintage Macs that can boot from ROM?
>>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> >
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